No, that was certainly helpful Tallow. I've listened to every demo I could, and definitely get that sort of smooth, clean character sound quality that everyone is mentioning. On the other hand, a few points of modulation and the thing is a psychedelic monster (which is what I'm going for). I think I've decided on the desktop, and mayyybe the SL upgrade if I can justify it's price. I'm assuming the SL gives you lots of Rompler style attacks (plucks, metal hits, etc.), am I right?

One thing I like to do is maximize the grit by getting rid of the anti-aliasing filter. Leave it wide open and there's less of the glass.

If there's an aspect of the Blofeld's sound I'm not so sure about, it's the filters. I've never felt they really nailed it for me, and have a sneaky suspicion I preferred the XT. But that was a mighty pain to program, whereas the Blofeld is merely a pain. Ha!

This is coming from someone happy with his Juno 6 though, so pay no attention.

One thing I like to do is maximize the grit by getting rid of the anti-aliasing filter. Leave it wide open and there's less of the glass.

If there's an aspect of the Blofeld's sound I'm not so sure about, it's the filters. I've never felt they really nailed it for me, and have a sneaky suspicion I preferred the XT. But that was a mighty pain to program, whereas the Blofeld is merely a pain. Ha!

This is coming from someone happy with his Juno 6 though, so pay no attention.

Hey I was happy with a Poly 800. Once.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave

I don't really find the blofeld difficult to program. a little tedious? Yes. Definitely have to check out the iPad editor. Does anyone have any experience with it yet? I've also considered one of those behringer knob boxes, bcr2000

Well damn. The presets on this synth are actually usable! Greatly impressed so far. I love the solid feel of it as well. Grippy rubber feet, mammoth metal knobs, bright readable screen from many angles. Fits perfectly on the top of my EPS (Main controller kb).

We mentioned that on the last page. It's pretty bad, eh? It's a pretty glaring flaw, especially considering all of the arp presets. It's been out for ,what, 5 years now, and they still haven't fixed it? I still kind of want one again for pads, but then I remember the syncing issues and I hesitate.